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"No player, coach or potential recruit bashing - This is a Gamecock site. We have players and player parents who read and participate on this board. If times are tough on the field of play, the last thing they need is to read insulting comments about it on this board. Let's leave the player personnel decisions to the coaches. We don't want anything we do on CockyTalk to potentially hurt our University."

"No player, coach or potential recruit bashing - This is a Gamecock site. We have players and player parents who read and participate on this board. If times are tough on the field of play, the last thing they need is to read insulting comments about it on this board. Let's leave the player personnel decisions to the coaches. We don't want anything we do on CockyTalk to potentially hurt our University."

There have been numerous threads that have been deleted but just because someone is critical of a player or coach that is not always bashing. Some people take any criticism and call others taters and the like. I think some people on here would rather this be more like Tnet where you can't say anything criticizing the team and not get banned or labeled a troll. If you you want to be more specific then feel free to report the post so someone can look at them specifically.

There have been numerous threads that have been deleted but just because someone is critical of a player or coach that is not always bashing. Some people take any criticism and call others taters and the like. I think some people on here would rather this be more like Tnet where you can't say anything criticizing the team and not get banned or labeled a troll. If you you want to be more specific then feel free to report the post so someone can look at them specifically.

Criticizing and bashing are different things. After losses people use the "I am just being realistic bs" to bash our players and coaches.

That's not the issue. It is the multiple threads the trolls are starting to instigate player and coach bashing. There is a vent thread.

IMO, the mods should just move all the troll threads to the vent thread.

Well what are you supposed to do when the coaches and players to piss poor job? Not say anything? Lie? This is no longer venting this is about honest discussion about our terrible team. The team is awful and now we have to deal with the fact. The team doesn't stop being awful because the last game is over the vent thread is closed. Any one who doesn't want to see people post negative things about the team players and coaches needs to stay off the messageboards because that is all there is to say about them right now.

Well what are you supposed to do when the coaches and players to piss poor job? Not say anything? Lie? This is no longer venting this is about honest discussion about our terrible team. The team is awful and now we have to deal with the fact. The team doesn't stop being awful because the last game is over the vent thread is closed. Any one who doesn't want to see people post negative things about the team players and coaches needs to stay off the messageboards because that is all there is to say about them right now.

Sometimes it is a fine line. But it is discernible, especially if the person is one such as you who tend to become pessimistic at the first sign of trouble. ]

We had this exact discussion last year. Remember my comments on the two type of negative posters. One type is prone to pessimism and gives up hope very easily and likes to vent about it in public. The other type are Clemson trolls that are just trying to instigate dissension and harm our team.

Last year, despite your early season pessimism, we won 11 games and finished fourth in the country. I would tell you the same thing I said last year. Chill and let the season develop before you give up on the Gamecocks.

Remember, don't let the trolls suck you into bashing a player.

And being negative is not all you could say. You could be supportive, especially since you know that our players and their families read this board. Alternatively, you could consider that A&M may be a very good team which created matchup problems for our defense at this stage of the season. Finally, if you watched the game, you saw several examples of our players not giving up and fighting for extra yardage. Wilds comes to mine, and Adams as well. The players never quit, and were obviously upset about the outcome.

Sometimes it is a fine line. But it is discernible, especially if the person is one such as you who tend to become pessimistic at the first sign of trouble. ]

We had this exact discussion last year. Remember my comments on the two type of negative posters. One type is prone to pessimism and gives up hope very easily and likes to vent about it in public. The other type are Clemson trolls that are just trying to instigate dissension and harm our team.

Last year, despite your early season pessimism, we won 11 games and finished fourth in the country. I would tell you the same thing I said last year. Chill and let the season develop before you give up on the Gamecocks.

Remember, don't let the trolls suck you into bashing a player.

And being negative is not all you could say. You could be supportive, especially since you know that our players and their families read this board. Alternatively, you could consider that A&M may be a very good team which created matchup problems for our defense at this stage of the season. Finally, if you watched the game, you saw several examples of our players not giving up and fighting for extra yardage. Wilds comes to mine, and Adams as well. The players never quit, and were obviously upset about the outcome.

What I am about to say is not directed at you or anyone in particular, nor am I asserting that this is your belief.

Nothing that is said on a message board will harm a team. If the coaches are good at their jobs, then the message boards are at the absolute bottom of their list of worries. I'm not saying that this makes it acceptable to constantly bash players/coaches. However, I personally believe it is okay to be critical of a coach/player if they are not doing their job so long as that line is not crossed into personally attacking that coach/player.